JULY 17 - AUGUST 10Leapin' Lizards! The popular comic strip heroine takes centerstage in ANNIE, the story of a spunky orphan trying to find her parents, who abandoned her years ago on the doorstep of an orphanage run by the cruel Miss Hannigan. In adventure after fun-filled adventure, Annie foils Miss Hannigan's evil machinations, befriends President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and finds a new family and home in billionaire Oliver Warbucks, his personal secretary Grace Farrell and a lovable mutt named Sandy.

The cast of Theatre By The Sea's ANNIE playing thru August 10. Photo by Steven Richard Photography

The cast of Theatre By The Sea's ANNIE playing thru August 10. Photo by Steven Richard Photography

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Lauren Weintraub*
(Annie, July 19 - 26, August 4 - 10) is a 14 year old Equity
actress, dancer and singer from Sudbury, MA. She is thrilled to be making her Theatre By The Sea debut. She
earned her Equity card playing Annie in the summer of 2011 at Maine State Music
Theater where she received a BroadwayWorld Boston nomination for Best Actress
in a Musical. She also played Annie in 2012 at North Shore Music Theatre. This
past spring Lauren starred off Broadway in My
Mom is Trying to Ruin My Life (Emma) at the Workshop Theatre. Other theater
credits include Annie (Molly), The Sound of Music (Gretl), Gypsy (Baby June) and Fiddler on the Roof (Bielke). Lauren can
also be heard as the voice of Zoe in the newly released Academy Award nominated
animated film A Cat in Paris. She
recently sang backup harmonies for Broadway's Jeremy Kushnier in the Rockers on
Broadway benefit at The Cutting Room in NYC. She has also had the honor of
singing the National Anthem at Gillette Stadium. When Lauren is not on stage,
she can be found dancing, playing guitar and piano or hanging out with her
friends. Many thanks to both her
agent, Nancy Carson, and manager, Jody Prusan, as well as her voice, dance and
acting coaches.

Amelia Rose Allen* (Annie, July 27 - August 3). Eleven year old Amelia Rose Allen is
honored to be making her Theatre by the Sea debut in "Annie" under the
direction of Mr. Richard Sabellico. Amelia was last seen in this role at
Surflight Theatre in NJ, summer of 2012. Other recent theatre credits
include: Susan Walker (Miracle on 34th St. Westchester Broadway Theatre, NY), and Lana Dee (Jackass Flats, Shadowland Theatre, NY). Next month Amelia will play Kyla in a workshop production of a new play "Between Pretty Places" at Here Theatre in NYC, and in the fall will go on as Eleanore in
"The New Kid", an educational touring production about anti-bullying
appearing at NY/NJ/CT middle-schools. Amelia's voice has been heard on
Nickelodeon, and she has appeared on TV's Celebrity Ghost
Stories. Amelia is grateful to her family for their unending support, to
her manager Kim Pedell and agent Nancy Carson, voice teacher Amelia
DeMayo, acting coach and mentor Joyce A. Presutti, and to her dance
coach, the amazing Mary Jane Houdina. When Amelia isn't performing she
loves playing with her many pets, playing guitar and writing songs,
cooking, and playing with her friends. There are no ordinary moments!

Raquel Leifer (Annie, July 17 & 18) is a 12-year-old singer, actress, and dancer from New Jersey. Raquel is thrilled to be performing as Annie at Bill Hanney's Theatre By The Sea. Raquel has previously played the role of Annie at the Mount Washington Valley Theatre, and Leonia's Summer Stage Theatre. Most recently Raquel played the role of Jacqueline in the workshop for Ever After- A Cinderella Story: an upcoming Broadway musical. Raquel's hobbies include: reading and playing with Billy her Bijon. Special thanks to Bill Hanney, Richard Sabellico, Arianna Knapp, Patrick Egan, as well as the entire cast and crew for making this a summer to remember!! Thank you to Mom, Dad, Amanda, and Jillian for their support and encouragement.

Todd
Fenstermaker (Oliver Warbucks)
is thrilled to be making his TBTS debut in one of his favorite musicals!
Tours: Broadway Asia's The
Sound Of Music (Von Trapp), and The
King And I (Captain Orton / Edward Ramsay), West Side Story (Schrank, Doc), Damn Yankees (Welch). Regional: Show Boat (Steve), Sweeney
Todd (Sweeney), Annie
(Warbucks), 1776 (Rutledge), The Drowsy Chaperone (Feldzieg), Man Of La Mancha (Innkeeper).
Film: A Dangerous Place.
Television: "Late Night with Conan O'Brien," "The Late Show with David
Letterman," "The Real Housewives of New Jersey." Love and thanks to my
family and to Debbie for their constant support!

Becca
Gottlieb (Lily) is very excited to be a part of this show! Some of her
recent credits include The Wedding
Singer National Tour (Julia u/s), Damn
Yankees! National Tour (Lola u/s), The Drowsy Chaperone (Janet), A
Chorus Line (Judy) Damn
Yankees! (Lola), Chicago, Rent,
Spamalot and My Fair Lady at
Maine State Music Theatre and Spamalot
at The Fulton Opera House. Becca would like to thank Richard, the
entire company, and her family for their love and support.
www.BeccaGottlieb.com

Margaret
Loesser Robinson* (Grace
Farrell) Credits include: Guenevere in Camelot (Theatre Under the Stars and PA Centre Stage); Jane
Bennet in Jane Austen's Pride and
Prejudice, a Musical (NYMF); Mina in Dracula (The Denver Center); Annabella/Margaret/Pamela
in The 39 Steps (The Cape
Playhouse); The Foreigner and Dial ‘M' for Murder (The
Fulton Theatre); The Broken Heart
(Theatre for a New Audience). Margaret played Annie with her hometown's
community theatre when she was ten years old, and is happy to be grown up enough
to now be Grace. Margaret has a B.A. from Sarah Lawrence College,
where she studied Literature and Printmaking, and is a graduate of The
Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre; you can read more about
Margaret at www.MargaretRobinson.net

Jan
Neuberger* (Miss Hannigan)
Broadway: 5 original casts including Wicked
(many turns as Mme. Morrible) and the 1974 revival of Gypsy. Off-Broadway: Many casts of Forbidden Broadway, All in
the Timing, etc. Regional/stock: Everything from Peter Pan (Cincinnati
Playhouse in the ‘80s) to Letitia Peabody Primrose (On the 20th Century, Goodspeed, the ‘90s) to Penny
Sycamore (You Can't Take It With You,
Pittsburgh Public, the ‘00s) to Lee Green (Tale of the Allergist's Wife, Shakespeare & Co., the
‘10's). Concert Halls: Carnegie
and Royal Albert with Kristina.
Cabarets: Boomer Girl, A One
(Middle-aged) Woman Show, written and performed by Jan with Music by Ben
Cohn. Best credit: Trinity College Class of 2013, B.A. Creative Writing, 4.0
GPA. www.boomergirl.net

Tom
Roberts (F.D.R., Asst Dog
Catcher) returns to Matunuck where he made his
stage debut 50 years ago in a play starring Alan Alda and Dorothy Lamour.
After that brief dose of glamour, he returned to school where he acted
regularly. Since 1981 he has been a company member of 2nd Story Theatre,
appearing in dozens of productions, including August: Osage County, The Little Foxes, A Flea in Her Ear, Midsummer
Night's Dream, The Front Page, and Auntie
Mame. Tom is a history professor at RISD, author of eight books, and a
writer/producer of historical documentaries, one of which was nominated for
an Oscar.

Nathaniel
Shaw* (Rooster
Hannigan, Assistant Director, Co-Choreographer, Dance Captain) is
thrilled to be making his Theatre By The Sea debut. Nathaniel is the
Founding Artistic Director of The Active Theater. For Active he
directed the first New York City revival of Richard Greenberg's The Violet Hour (IT Award Nomination,
Best Revival), and World Premieres of Body
Language and Bridgeboy.
Regional directing and choreography credits include Hair (13 New Hampshire Theatre Award Nominations), Hairspray (7 NHTA Nominations), Damn Yankees, A Chorus Line, and Spelling
Bee. He will be choreographing Pippin
at Phoenix Theatre in the Spring.Performing
credits include The Paul Taylor Dance Company, Curly, Riff, Joe Hardy, Zach,
Ren, Jerry Lukowski, Younger Brother, the Emcee and Lt. Cable. Love to
my wonderful wife Lisa.

Macy (Sandy) was adopted from Rocky Spot
Rescue of Oklahoma City, OK in December of 2009 by guardian and trainer Bill
Berloni at the age of 18 months. Her first production of Annie was in the summer of 2010 and since she has starred in over
a dozen productions nationally. On Thanksgiving Day 2011, she was seen on NBC
during "The National Dog Show," sharing spots with John O'Hurley.

Taylor
Rose Donovan (Tessie)
is a
sweet and funny 10 year old from Stonington who will start 5th grade in the
fall. She is so excited to be playing the role of Tessie and has made some
great friends this summer! Her past theater experiences include: Stonington
High School's The Sound of Music
(Marta), ELRT's The Wiz
(Munchkin/Ozian), and Missoula Children's Theatre Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Tambourine the Dwarf). She studies
dance at Kathleen Messina's Danceworks and loves the stage. She would like to
thank her family and voice teacher, Erin Stanley, for encouraging her to follow
her dream!

Lilly
McMahon (Kate) is a 10
year old from Warwick, RI, who attends St. Rose of Lima School. She is thrilled
to return to TBTS after playing the role of Marta in The Sound of Music in 2012. She has also enjoyed other roles
including Ugly in Honk Jr. and Alice
in Alice in Wonderland Jr. with
Manhattan Music Man Productions. Lily
has also performed in several productions with Rhode Island Youth Theater,
including Annie Jr. and The Sound of Music. In addition to
performing, Lily enjoys playing softball and spending time with her large
family.

Jennifer
Pamula (Duffy), a
12-year-old performer from Exeter, RI, is honored to take part in this great RI
tradition at TBTS. An ambassador and honor roll recipient at Bayview Academy,
she played (Annie) Annie, at 10, with
Director Christine Kavanagh and found her place on the stage. She appeared in
Academy Players Annie (Annie);
Bayview: Cabaret (Shirley Temple),
(Kate), Wizard of Oz (Winkie General,
Munchin). When off stage, Jenny is playing guitar, writing music, plays, and
putting on shows with her friends. Thanks to TBTS, cast and crew, her teachers,
family and friends for their support. Enjoy the show!

Nina
A. Pezzello (Pepper, u/s
Annie). Nina is
an 11 yr old performer from Waterford, Connecticut. Her passions are dancing, singing, acting, and piano. She is an "A" student and her favorite
subjects are reading, writing and of course, music! She has been
performing on stage since the age of 3 with her dance company KIKS Dance
Center, and most recently took home Platinum and High Gold awards performing
with her competitive dance team. Her theater experience includes playing
a Munchkin and Ozian in The Wiz at
East Lyme Regional Theater, Young Cosette in Les Miserables at Waterford High School, a Munchkin and Winkie in
The Broadway National Tour of The Wizard
of Oz, and four roles in Albano's
ProfessionalNutcracker. Nina is
thankful for all of the support from her family and friends and is absolutely
thrilled to be a part of Annie at TBTS! Her dream is to be on Broadway.

Emma
Senerchia (July) is
thrilled to be onstage at TBTS! She is 11 years old and attends St. Rose of
Lima school in Warwick. She has performed in many school plays and RI Youth
Theatre shows including: Annie
(Annie), AristoCats (Thomas
O'Malley), and Seussical
(Wickersham). She has been dancing for 8 years at Let's Dance Studio
and is on the competitive dance team. She also enjoys playing guitar.
Special thanks to Mom, Dad, twin sister Ella, little sister Eva, and
friends and family!

Eva
Senerchia (Molly) is thrilled to be back onstage at TBTS! She is 10 years
old and attends St. Rose of Lima school. She appeared in The Sound of Music (Gretl) last summer. She performed in
Trinity Rep's A Christmas Carol
(Belinda Cratchit) and RI Youth Theatre shows Annie (Molly), Seussical
(Jojo), and AristoCats (Marie).
Favorite school shows include The
Little Mermaid (Sebastian) and Snow
White (Happy). She's been dancing for 7 years at Let's Dance studio and
is on the competitive dance team. Lots of love to Mom, Dad, sisters Ella
& Emma, and family and friends!

Schuyler
Beeman* (Apple Seller, Howe,Ensemble, Dog Handler) is thrilled to be joining this production of
Annie with Macy! Regional: Ivoryton
Playhouse, CT - The Producers (Carmen
Ghia), Finian's Rainbow (Woody
u/s/Choreographer), Cabaret (Bobby/Boy
Soprano); Westchester Sandbox, NY - ...Spelling
Bee (Chip); Middlebury College, VT - The
Wild Party (Lippa's)(Burrs), Gypsy (Tulsa), Sweeney Todd (Pirelli). Schuyler has also traveled the
North-East choreographing many shows including a full season with the College
Light Opera Company. Many thanks to everyone at TBTS as well as Bill and
Dorothy Berloni for bringing me back to the stage.

Joshua
Christensen (Bundles, Eddie,
Fred McCracken, Ickes, Judge Brandeis, Ensemble) is a recent graduate of
the University of Rhode Island where he received a B.F.A in Theater. Some of
his favorite credits include Rent, The King and I (Ocean State Theater
Company); Singin' In the Rain, The Seagull, Marat/Sade, The Taming of
The Shrew, The Rocky Horror Show (URI
Theater); Master Class (2nd
Story Theater); Antigone (La
Voce); and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (RI Stage Ensemble).

Michelle
Geosits (Connie Boylan,Ensemble, u/s Anette/Cecile/Mrs. White),
a rising junior at The Boston Conservatory, is thrilled to be spending her
summer as an acting intern at Theatre By the Sea! Michelle was most recently
seen in Clubland:The Monster Pop
Party at the American Repertory Theatre's Club Oberon as the
role of Gitsie. Michelle also recently performed as Joanne in The Boston
Conservatory's production in Elegies
for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens. Love and thanks to family and
friends!

Michael
John Lewis (Bert Healy,
Morganthau, Ensemble, u/s Rooster)
is
thrilled to be making his debut at Theatre By The Sea. Other regional
appearances include The St. Louis MUNY, Pittsburgh CLO, The State Theatre of
Pennsylvania, and Courthouse Center for the Arts. Originally from Pittsburgh,
Michael holds a BFA in Musical Theatre from Penn State University. Many thanks
to Richard and the entire staff here at TBTS for this wonderful opportunity. This
performance is dedicated to his late father, Frank. "This one's for you
Dad!"

Greg
London (Dog Catcher,
Drake, Ensemble, u/s Warbucks/F.D.R./Bert Healy).
National
tours: West Side Story (Doc), Hairspray (Edna Turnblad), Fiddler on the Roof (Lazar), A Streetcar Named Desire (Mitch). International
tours: Hairspray, The Fantastics. Off-Broadway: Spurn. Regional:
Richard III (Richard), Macbeth (Macbeth), Greater Tuna (Thurston), Assassins
(Czolgosz), Annie (Warbucks). Last seen
at TBTS in The Sound of Music (Admiral
Von Schreiber). Greg was the 2006 recipient of the Eugene O'Neill Award for
Dramatic Writing.

Dennis
Keohane (Lt. Ward, Hull,
Ensemble) is a Rhode Island Native
who is excited to be returning to TBTS, having last appeared in Anything
Goes. Favorite roles include West
Side Story (Tony), You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown (Snoopy),
and The Who's Tommy (Captain Walker). Dennis
also had the privilege of performing as a featured soloist in John
Bucchino and Friends in Concert at the Calderwood Auditorium
in Boston. He sends his love to his family and friends.

Arnie
Rodriguez (Chauffeur, Jimmy
Johnson, Marine Honor Guard, Ensemble) is honored to be with Theatre By
The Sea this summer. He is currently pursuing a BFA in musical theatre at The
Boston Conservatory. Favorite credits include: CLUBLAND: The Monster Pop Party at A.R.T's Club Oberon
and West Side Story. Many thanks
to his beautiful support team: Mom, Dad, Veronica, Blake, Yael, Andrew, and a
special thanks to Kevin P. Hill for this amazing opportunity!

Joshua
Charles Skurnik (Sound
Effects Man,Ensemble, u/s Drake) is beyond excited to be making his Theatre By The Sea
debut this summer! Josh is a rising senior at The Boston Conservatory. Some
Conservatory credits include: Grey
Gardens, The Apple Tree, Zombie Prom, and Elegies. Other theaters include: Reagle Music Theatre, and Paper
Mill Playhouse. Josh can also be seen in La Cage Aux Folles at both Theatre By The Sea and North Shore Music Theatre. He would like to thank Kevin and Arianna for
this incredible opportunity. Love to my family, jags, cast/crew and the
creative team for all of their endless support.

Rayna
Starr (Annette, Star to
Be, Ensemble, u/s Lily/Bonnie/Ronnie/Connie Boylan) is
thrilled to be a part of Theatre By The Sea's 2013 summer
season. Originally from California, she now attends the Boston
Conservatory as a Musical Theater student. Regional credits: A Chorus Line, Cats. Thank you to
my family and friends for always supporting me! www.raynastarr.com

Victoria
Weinberg (Sophie, the
Kettle, Cecile, Bonnie Boylan, Ensemble, u/s Grace/Star to Be) is
thrilled to be at Theatre By The Sea! An NYU graduate, she is the artistic
director of the Libra Theater Company, now in it's 3rd year.
Favorite roles include Baker's Wife (Into the Woods), Maria (Twelfth Night), Stepsister (Cinderella), and Cheshire Cat (Alice in Wonderland). She has sung with composers such as Mark T. Evans, Carner
& Gregor & Joshua H. Cohen. Film/TV: Mania Days (opposite Katie
Holmes), True Work (Soho Film Fest) and the lead in "Celebrity Ghost Stories."
Love to Richard, my family, Bobby & Tobi.

Ellen
Laura White (Mrs. Greer,
Ronnie Boylan, Ensemble, u/s Mrs. Pugh/Perkins/Sophie) is thrilled to be
joining the talented cast of Annie
this summer! Born and raised in
Houston, Texas, some of her most recent credits include The Crucible (Susanna Walcott), Blueberry Fields Some of the Time (Ringo Starr), Dream
Babies: The Musical (Swing) , As
You Like It(Amiens), Ravioli the
Opera (Ariel), Story Park (Sasha), Central Park: The Musical (Janet), Measure for Measure (Mistress
Overdone)and the title role in Yerma. Graduate of Circle in the
Square Theatre School.

Brigid
Fitzgerald (Ensemble, u/s
Annie (went on July 18)/Pepper/Duffy/July) is thrilled to be returning to Theatre By The Sea. She was last
seen in the 2011 Children's Festival production of Twinderella. A South Kingstown 5th grader, she has appeared in
over 15 musicals. Brigid's favorite role was Virginia in Yes, Virginia. She would like to thank her family and TBTS for
this incredible opportunity.